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I think pecan pie made with honey would taste better than one made with corn syrup, since honey has more complex flavor than straight up pure sweetness.

Olives, crudités, and maybe a little hard cheese Loads of turkey Big salad Buttery garlicky green beans Cranberry chutney (no sugar added!) A glass or two of red wine I have three Thanksgiving meals this year (Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday) and will also be receiving a turkey from my CSA, so I really need to pace…

An ounce of good cheese Nuts Carrot or celery sticks (with some kind of protein) Jerky or leftover meat Boiled eggs Green smoothie including some kind of protein/fat (light on the fruit)

According to my husband I'm always eating. In reality, usually six or so times per day (7 AM, 10 AM, noon, 3 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM). I don't like the overstuffed feeling if I eat too much at once, and I get hangry if I don't eat something every few hours. Intermittent fasting just doesn't work for me, despite the purported…

Soup is easy. Allrecipes.com is a good source. Just pick something with high user ratings.

Standard recipe: any kind of "cheap" meat cut (pork shoulder, beef round, etc.) rubbed with garlic powder, salt, pepper, dried chile cooked with a bit of stock (I like homemade, but whatever's clever) and perhaps a bit of apple cider vinegar on low for several hours. I particularly love carnitas made this way from a pork…

See above. Weight loss is a result of calorie deficit, so your diet is the key factor. Abs are made in the kitchen. That being said, cardio helps you get to a calorie deficit in the short term, which will help reduce body fat and overall weight, and keeps your heart and lungs in good shape so you can be active and enjoy…

Some of the best things in life are fermented: Wine / Beer / Cider / Mead / Liquor Sauerkraut / Kimchee / Pickles Chocolate Sriracha / Tabasco Salami / Prosciutto Yogurt / Cheese If you eat grains, see also any bread that rises through the action of yeast. If you eat soy, see also miso, soy sauce and tempeh.

Quest bars are one of my guilty pleasures.

I shop in a variety of places (grocery stores, farmers market, CSA, my garden), but I pretty much always pick up: * Eggs and egg whites * 2% and 4% cottage cheese * Whole chickens (I roast one one day per week, then use the carcass for crock pot stock) * Whole milk (to make yogurt and for my husband's cereal) * Heavy cream…

Another vote for Jay Robb, though I like his whey protein isolate over the egg. It's not the cheapest, but in my research it has qualities I want (highly absorbable form of protein sourced from pastured cows, great taste, easy to mix, made with stevia instead of aspartame or sucralose). Egg whites are probably your…

I'm in the same boat at around 120 and 5' 1 and 13/16" (those increments are important when you have so little to work with). I'd like to get to 105-110, which is right around what I weighed at my healthiest point. Ultimately, mathematically, we just have to realize that we can't eat as much as taller folks. Can more lean…

I like this quote from Andrew Lang: "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination." Everyone is guilty of this, from time to time. Intelligent, educated minds can disagree on which styles of eating are healthier, whether that varies by individual, and just about anything…